solatium
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"Or as a solatium, if you fail," remarked the other genially.
From The Crown of Life by George Gissing
A solatium was also expected on his release from gaol.
From The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act by James Blake Bailey
Shall we say that you leave Richmond this afternoon with a solatium of five hundred pounds?'
From The City in the Clouds by C. Ranger Gull
“But the baggage,” said mine host, who, in the midst of his perturbation, saw his way to a solatium for himself; “I must detain that, and hand it over if required.”
From Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 by Talbot Baines Reed
The venomous scorn it poured upon those worthless rapscallions afforded him a certain solatium against the discomforts of expatriation by which he was afflicted as a result of their detestable energies.
From Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
Petau tells us that he wrote verses to solace the evils of old age— —— Petavius æger Cantabat veteris quærens solatia morbi.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
You ought to have brought the matter before us yourselves: at least, now, support him with the necessary "solatia."
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Thomas Hodgkin
